Sanchez joins Navy Cmdr. Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz and Naval
Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) Supervisory Special Agent
John Bertrand Beliveau II, both of whom were arrested last month
on similar bribery charges.

In exchange for the bribes, Sanchez allegedly gave classified
information to Leonard Glenn Francis, CEO of Glenn Defense
Marine. Francis reportedly wanted to know the movements of the
Navy in advance, and lobbied for ships to dock at his ports where
they could be overcharged for basic services.

Glenn Defense Marine is accused of overcharging the Navy by
millions of dollars for services that would’ve cost about half as
much at other docks. Francis was arrested in September after
being lured to the United States under the assumption that he was
meeting with Navy officials. The company’s general manager of
global government contracts, Alex Wisidagama, was also arrested.

According to the Washington Post, the Navy terminated $200
million in contracts with Glenn Defense Marine in September.

“Day by day, this massive Navy fraud and bribery investigation
continues to widen, and as the charges announced today show, we
will follow the evidence wherever it takes us,” said Mythili
Raman, the Justice Department’s acting attorney general, to the
Post.

Court papers filed by investigators claim Sanchez, much like
Misiewicz, began notifying Glenn Defense Marine of the Navy’s
ship schedules in 2009 and continued to do so until April of this
year. Sanchez and Francis communicated regularly through both
email and Facebook, investigators said.

Beliveau, meanwhile, is accused of tipping off Francis as the
Navy’s investigation unfolded, offering him advice on how to
respond to inquiries.

A hearing is scheduled for November 8 that could potentially set
a trial date, though Fox News reports it's possible officials of
even higher rank could be swept up in the investigation.

“The Navy expects our leaders to uphold the highest standards
of conduct and professionalism,” Rear Adm. John Kirby, the
Navy’s chief spokesman, said in a statement to the Post. “As
the work of this investigation concludes, we will make public as
much information as possible. But we will do nothing to prejudice
or preclude the important work investigators need to do and are
doing.”

Misiewicz, Beliveau, Francis and Wisidagama are all pleading not
guilty. It’s unclear how Sanchez will plead.